diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/modem-manager-gui/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/modem-manager-gui/default.nix
index 2723f342043..0eb0a02ed01 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/modem-manager-gui/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/modem-manager-gui/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 , pkg-config
 , python3
 , fetchFromGitLab
+, fetchpatch
 , gtk3
 , glib
 , gdbm
@@ -44,6 +45,20 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libayatana-appindicator-gtk3
   ];
 
+  patches = [
+    # Fix missing tray icon
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://salsa.debian.org/debian/modem-manager-gui/-/raw/7c3e67a1cf7788d7a4b86be12803870d79aa27f2/debian/patches/fix-tray-icon.patch";
+      sha256 = "sha256-9LjCEQl8YfraVlO1W7+Yy7egLAPu5YfnvGvCI3uGFh8=";
+    })
+    # Fix build with meson 0.61
+    # appdata/meson.build:3:5: ERROR: Function does not take positional arguments.
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://salsa.debian.org/debian/modem-manager-gui/-/raw/7c3e67a1cf7788d7a4b86be12803870d79aa27f2/debian/patches/meson0.61.patch";
+      sha256 = "sha256-B+tBPIz5RxOwZWYEWttqSKGw2Wbfk0mnBY0Zy0evvAQ=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     patchShebangs man/manhelper.py
   '';